The Mod Squad
JUSTICE NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE.
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Episodes
1The Sentinels
60 minSep 14, 1971
While searching for a pair of murderers, the trio uncovers a link between murder, a stolen car and a threatened epidemic.
2Cricket
60 minSep 21, 1971
Julie and a young boy named Cricket go to the park where Cricket finds a gun dropped by a man he runs into. Cricket then accidentally shoots Julie and, thinking he's killed her, runs away.
3Home Is the Streets
60 minSep 28, 1971
A former addict helps the trio catch a cop killer - her own stepfather.
4Survival
60 minOct 5, 1971
After Julie picks up a blind hitchhiker, they have a flat tire and flag down a passing car for help. Unfortunately, the people in the car trick them into switching cars and abandon them in the desert.
5Color of Laughter, Color of Tears
60 minOct 12, 1971
A circus owner asks the trio for help in finding out who's committed sabotage and murder in the big top.
6The Medicine Men
60 minOct 19, 1971
Julie is drawn into a bittersweet romance and blackmail.
7The Sands of Anger
60 minOct 26, 1971
Julie, Linc and Pete attend a dune buggy race where a pickup truck blows up, killing a young man Julie had just met. The trio then investigate the incident, suspecting foul play.
8The Poisoned Mind
60 minNov 2, 1971
After Captain Greer shoots and kills a young man in self defense during a bust, he suffers from feelings of guilt and remorse. Julie suggests he take a vacation at a secluded resort to sort things out.
9Exit the Closer
60 minNov 9, 1971
The trio helps a used-car salesman who's made a deal with the devil.
10Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?
60 minNov 16, 1971
On his way to the liquor store, Linc is mugged and hit over the head. When he comes to, he wanders around in a daze, unable to remember who he is or what he was doing.
11And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them
60 minNov 23, 1971
The trio must protect a TV clown from an assassination attempt.
12The Loser
60 minNov 30, 1971
Someone is out to kill an unfortunate young man.
13Death of a Nobody
60 minDec 7, 1971
The trio investigates after an innocent bystander is killed by a speeding car after it narrowly misses Pete.
14Feet of Clay
60 minDec 14, 1971
The Trio help a young deaf-mute save a guard from a warehouse fire. Linc then gets involved with helping the young-deaf mute who is targeted for assassination.
15I Am My Brother's Keeper
60 minJan 4, 1972
Pete is targeted by the very gunman he's tracking down.
16Deal with the Devil
60 minJan 11, 1972
Pete is contacted by his old friend Rusty Bryson, a war correspondent whom he knew and idolized as a boy. But the Treasury department is looking for Bryson, who it suspects of smuggling drugs from Vietnam.
17Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie
60 minJan 18, 1972
The trio and Greer know that a paroled killer plans to get revenge on Pete, but Pete has no idea why the man is out to get him.
18Shockwave
60 minJan 25, 1972
Julie grows attached to a baby that's been abandoned by a couple on a robbery and murder spree.
19No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland
60 minFeb 1, 1972
A Vietnam veteran returns to the police force with questionable ideas of dealing with dissident ghetto residents.
20The Cave
60 minFeb 8, 1972
Julie, Link and Pete break down in the desert during a sandstorm and seek shelter in an abandoned mine. An old man embittered by the death of his son in the war who hates hippies then sets off dynamite and traps the trio inside.
21The Wild Weekend
60 minFeb 15, 1972
When Pete runs into an old girlfriend, she invites him to her birthday party but he turns her down, only to be kidnapped by her two friends and forced to attend the party.
22The Tangled Web
60 minFeb 22, 1972
Pete and Linc come close to breaking the law as they attempt to help a parolee, an old friend of Julie's, return stolen jewelry.
23Outside Position
60 minFeb 29, 1972
A stable boy's employer frames him for possessing drugs and continues conspiring against him after his parole, all in order to stop the young man's romance with his daughter.
24Big George
60 minMar 7, 1972
A man happens to witness the murder of a sales clerk and agrees to testify at the trial. As a result he and his family are relentlessly terrorized by someone, even after the trial has ended.
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